Penelope Oates
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"My distinctive hybrid style of drawing is with a soldering iron combined with coloured inks and acrylics, and one that I have developed over many years. The process of gently etching and re-etching into the painted surface nicely mirrors the marks left in nature with its natural process of decay and renewal. Both memory and direct experience of the landscape come into play when considering a work. I am eternally drawn to the mystical, timelessness of Australian gums set amongst rocky terrain under a cloak of meandering mist… this is what captures my attention’ Art does, however, need an audience to give it meaning and context and it is every artist’s joy when that connection is made between the viewer and their work of art."
Available Artworks
Artist showcase
Penelope Oates
Inhale, Exhale No. 2
ink, acrylic, soldering iron on board
80 x 80cm
Penelope Oates
Murray River Dreaming
ink, acrylic, soldering iron on board, framed in oak
110 x 80 cm
Penelope Oates
Artist's Shadow in the Landscape
acrylic and soldering iron on board
60 cm diameter (framed in black)
Penelope Oates
Out of Range (diptych)
ink, acrylic, soldering iron on board
120 x 60 cm (each panel)
Penelope Oates
Landscape in Monochrome (diptych)
Acrylic, ink and heated soldering iron on boards
diptych (each panel framed)
120 (h) x 160 (w) cm
Penelope Oates
Grose Valley Amphitheatre
ink, acrylic and soldering iron on board
150 cm diameter